BEHNOUD(Tehran, Iran, 1992)
NEW MEDIA ARTIST, SOUND DESIGNER and COMPOSER
AKA: Thecimal, idft, Force Ignore, P01ntl355, havytna


Former Titles:
· Tehran Annual Digtal Arts Exhibition [Technical Assistant]
· Tehran Electronic Music Festival [Program And Technical Director]
· Nova Corp/Mechworld [Game Sound Designer]
· 1oI Studios [Sound Designer]
2025

· Sep 22 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Misty Morning
Single track released by Sombre Sonik [Bandcamp] (UK)

· Aug 18 / Kajcool - Pain in my Back
Mastered by Thecimal [Soundcloud] (Iran)

· July 17 / idft - the fall
Single track with Music Video [Instagram] (Iran)

· Apr 4 / Amir Baha - Existense Pulse [2 track EP]
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [Soundcloud] (UAE)

· Feb 5 / Amir Baha - First Abstract [4 track EP]
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [Soundcloud] (UAE)

· Jan - Mar / Research Study Assistant
Assisted in a doctoral thesis focused on Deep Learning in Sound Generation
University of California, Santa Barbara Info Details available upon request. (US)

2023 - 2024

· Sep 15 / IDFT - Flow
reviewed by Concrete Web [Website] (Belgium)

· July 18 / IDFT - YUt
presented on Nacht Radio [Mixcloud] (Netherlands)

· May 31 / Pozx - Begoo Kojaei
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Apr 5 / Monograf & IDFT - Nadir (IDFT Remix)
remixed by Thecimal(IDFT) [Bandcamp] (Norway)

· Feb 26 / Pozx - Tekrar
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Jan 25 / IDFT - Flow
released by Unexplained Sound Group [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Jan 4 / Madsalan - Gaa
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· May 27 / Madsalan - Forgotten Corner
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· May 13 / Madsalan - Hyoovang
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· May 2 / Pozx - Tape 24 [4-Track EP]
Mixed and Mastered by Thecimal [SoundCloud] (Iran)

2022

· Oct 27 / IDFT - Aeshma
presented by Liber Limbia [Link] (US)

· Sep 10 / IDFT - Aeshma
reviewed by Avant Music News [Website] (US)

· Aug 29 / IDFT - Aeshma
reviewed by Lux Atenea [Website] (Spain)

· July 28 / IDFT - Aeshma
on *Visions Of Darkness: Volume II*, a release by ColdSpring Records [Website] (UK)
In spite of the title, this second volume of the legendary anthology also gives us a broad picture
of the musical experience of the Iranian underground that is not limited to dark ambient,
but explores... (Read more on website)

· July 17 / IDFT - Aeshma
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 288 [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· July 16-18 / Quanta Continua
Sound Installation and Interaction Design in
*Inner Reflection | Time Refraction* at Ariana Art Gallery (Iran)
International New Media Art and Digital Art group exhibition

· July / Video Mapping for
Dorsa House
(commercial) [Instagram] (Iran)

· July 12 / IDFT - Aeshma
featured track on ColdSpring Records SoundCloud [SoundCloud] (UK)

· Mar 3 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in Raben Report [Website] (Belgium)

· Jan 14 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in Gonzo Circus Magazine [Website] (Belgium)

2021

· Nov 7 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 273 [Website] (Italy)

· Oct 31 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 272 [Website] (Italy)

· Oct 30 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in *This is Darkness* [Website] (US)

· Oct 24 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in *Music You Need to Hear* [Website] (US)

· Oct 24 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 271 [Website] (Italy)

· Oct 21 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in *Avant Music News* [Website] (US)

· Oct 17 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 270 [Website] (Italy)

· Oct 14 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Kandu
Released by Reverse Alignment Records [Bandcamp] (Sweden)
Collaboration album with Norwegian artist Ketil Søraker, Atena Eshtiaghi, and Frode Rønningsbakk

· Oct 14 / Thecimal - Taunt
released by Sampatic Records [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Oct 10 / Music for Naji
short movie, nominated for TISFF 2021 [Website] (Iran)

· Oct 10 / p01ntl355 - Solid
released by Noise à Noise [Bandcamp] (Iran)

· Sep 25 / IDFT - Hibernating the Cluster (feat. Madsalan)
released by Distorted Void [Bandcamp] (Russia)

· Sep 12 / IDFT & Setareh Ahmadi - Mirage
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 265 [Website] (Italy)

· Aug 5 / Force Ignore - LAMS
on *Horae Obscura* [Website]

· Aug 5 / IDFT & Setareh Ahmadi - Mirage
released on SoundCloud [Bandcamp] (Iran)

· May 12 / IDFT & SÍLENÍ - Compass
released by Noctivagant [Bandcamp] (Portugal-US)
Collaboration with Portuguese artist for *DECENNIUM*, a compilation with 90 artists

· Apr 22 / Havytna - Blight
[Mixcloud] (Netherlands)
Mixtape in collaboration with Winter-Light Records

· Apr 9 / Force Ignore - Āyad
appears in *TĒLĒ-TrAvAiL* mix [Mixcloud] (Mexico)

· Mar 22 / Havytna - Dream Eater
[Mixcloud] (US)
Mixtape in collaboration with Noctivagant Records

· Mar 21 / Force Ignore
presented in Sphere Radio [Website] (Germany)

· Mar 20 / IDFT - Nosferatu
released by Sombre Soniks [Bandcamp] (UK)
*Dark Ambient Vol. 21*, a compilation with 23 artists

· Feb 22 / Havytna - Hapesburc
From Cold Spring Records [Mixcloud] (UK)
Mixtape in collaboration with Cold Spring Records

· Feb 21 / Force Ignore - Āyad
released by Borders of Known [Bandcamp] (Georgia)
*Hyperreality*, a compilation with 9 artists

· Feb 15 / Havytna Picks
Eighth Tower Records - Dark Ambient Mix [YouTube] (Italy)

· Feb 2 / IDFT Music for
for Shahin Parhami's video "Stem II" [Vimeo] (Canada)

· Dec 22 / Havytna - Apollyon
From Eighth Tower Records [Mixcloud] (Italy)
Mixtape in collaboration with Eighth Tower Records

2020

· Dec 31 / IDFT - Kur
by Camembert Électrique [Bandcamp] (Canada)
*SAMPLER MMXX*, a compilation with 62 artists

· Dec 26 / IDFT - EL
released by Music Analysis Discussions Records [Bandcamp] (Malta)
Collaboration track between Brazilian artist INGRID and IDFT

· Dec 22 / Havytna - Laguz
From Cyclic Law Records [Mixcloud] (France)
Mixtape in collaboration with Cyclic Law label

· Dec 7 / Force Ignore - LAMS
reviewed by Side-Line Reviews [Website] (Belgium)

· Nov 22 / Force Ignore - VASL
presented in Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmission 229 [Website] (Italy)

· Nov 19 / Force Ignore - VASL
presented in Radio Ensayo [Website] (Mexico)

· Nov 11 / Force Ignore - VASL | وصل
[Bandcamp] (Iran/Canada)
Collaboration track between Canadian artist Mariam Zohra D. and Force Ignore

· Nov 6 / IDFT - AZA
presented in RADIO KAPITAŁ by Glasgow-based artist Nasim Luczaj [Website] (Poland)

· Oct 23 / Force Ignore - LAMS
appears in TĒLĒ-TrAvAiL mix [Mixcloud] (Mexico)

· Sep 27 / IDFT
presented in *The Recognition Test #221* by The Unexplained Sounds Group [Website] (Italy)

· Sep 22 / Taphephobia & IDFT - Sacrifice
released by Sombre Sonik [Bandcamp] (UK)
*Dark Ambient Vol. 20*, a compilation with 23 artists

· Sep 14 / IDFT
in Sound Mapping Bundle by Unexplained Sounds Group [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Sep 14 / Force Ignore
in Sound Mapping Bundle by Unexplained Sounds Group [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Sep 8 / Force Ignore - LAMS
reviewed by Avant Music News [Website] (US)

· Sep 6 / Force Ignore
presented in *The Recognition Test #218* by The Unexplained Sounds Group [Website] (Italy)

· Sep 4 / Force Ignore - LAMS (ft. Mariam Zohra D.) EDITION
released by Unexplained Sounds Group [Bandcamp] (Italy)
*Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music Vol. II*

· Sep 4 / IDFT - AZA
released by Unexplained Sounds Group [Bandcamp] (Italy)
*Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music Vol. II*

· Aug 7 / IDFT - Dust
released by Big Cypress Swamp [Bandcamp] (Italy)
*The Abyss Within*, a compilation with 11 other artists

· Jun 20 / P01ntl355 - What
released by Noise à Noise in a compilation with 16 other artists [SoundCloud]

· May 22 / Havytna Forty-Day
An ambient mix including 10 various artists [Mixcloud]

· May 22 / Havytna Forty-Day
Tehran Night #252: Thecimal Mix for Deep House Tehran [SoundCloud]

· May 1 / IDFT - R and IDFT - DT
released by Unexplained Sounds Group [Bandcamp] on *6 CDs Sound Mapping Collection* (Italy)

· Mar 20 / Force Ignore - LAMS (ft. Mariam Zohra D.)
released by Sombre Sonik on *Dark Ambient Vol. 19* [Bandcamp] (Canada/UK)

· Mar 3 / Denial
Video Art directed for Enkar performance [Vimeo] (Iran)

· Mar 1 / IDFT - The Great Gate
reviewed by The Dungeon in Deep Space [Website] (Georgia)

· Feb 19 / IDFT - Kur
released in *ORIGINS*, a compilation project with 55 artists by Camembert Électrique [Website] (Canada)

· Feb 4 / Enkar
Audio/Visual Performance at Fajr International Theater Festival [Website] (Iran)

· Jan 29 / Force Ignore - LAMS | لمس
[SoundCloud] (Iran/Canada)
Collaboration track between Canadian artist Mariam Zohra D. and Force Ignore

2019

· Dec 29 / IDFT - ZT
in Compilation of various tracks from the titles released on Noctivagant in 2019 [Bandcamp] (US)
A compilation of various tracks from the label's 2019 releases

· Nov 18 / IDFT - The Great Gate
reviewed by Darkroom Magazine [Website] (Italy)

· Nov 15 / IDFT - R
on Unexplained Sounds Group *Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music* [Bandcamp] (Italy)
Limited edition CD

· Oct 31 / IDFT - EL
A collaboration track between Brazilian artist INGRID and IDFT [SoundCloud] (Iran-Brazil)

· Aug 3 / IDFT - The Great Gate LP
redistributed by Winter-Light Records [Website] (Netherlands)

· Aug / Nicolas Krauze
at Vahdat Hall Event Organizer Assistant [Website] (France/Iran)
Nicolas Krauze is Music Director of the Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle Europe,
and Principal Guest Conductor of Ukraine’s National State Philharmony in Kiev.

· Jul 28, 31 / Do Not Hesitate
Video Art at Limited Access Festival #8 [Website] [Vimeo] (Iran)
This is the video art version of *Do Not Hesitate*.

· Jun 22 / IDFT Audio-Visual Performance at
Tehran Contemporary Music Festival [Website] (Iran)

· Jun 22 / IDFT - The Great Gate Album
released by Noctivagant Records [Bandcamp] (US)
Physical CD release on Noctivagant Records:
Noctivagant is a label supporting and promoting a wide variety of artists and talented individuals.
Many different aural paths have been represented: dark ambient, ritual, occult, noise,
drone, metal, and experimental. All titles are unique and limited...

· Mar 22 / Havytna - Autophobia
An ambient mix including 6 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Mar 13 / "Hell" a Soundtrack for
MECHWORLD Game [SoundCloud] (Norway)

· Feb 11, 15, 24 / Do Not Hesitate
Sound Installation at Bon-Gah Art Gallery [Website] (Iran)
We always carry things and don’t listen or talk about them.
There were two standing speakers facing the walls of an empty pool.
Audiences could get into the pool and listen to it louder.
"I asked them to *Do Not Hesitate* if they wanted,"
but most audiences didn’t want to get in
to listen louder or talk.

2018

· Dec 22 / Havytna - Perturbation
An ambient mix including 5 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Dec 21 / P01ntl355 - Mara Bebus
Single Track release [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Dec 10 / Fluid Motion Architucture Website Soundtrack
Conceptual Sound Design [Website] (Iran)

· Oct 16 / 4 Days of Oscillation
Audio-Visual Set [Vimeo] (Iran)

· Dec 2 / Paraffin Showcase - Visual Artist
Interactive Visual Arts for Ambient DJ Performance at E1 Gallery [Website] [Vimeo] (Iran)

· Nov 11 / IDFT performance
Audio-Visual Performance at Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition [Website] (Iran)

· Oct 16 / Last Hope - Game Soundtrack
Soundtrack for MECHWORLD Game [SoundCloud] (Norway)

· Sep 22 / IDFT - L3F
Single track released by Noctivagant Records [Bandcamp] (US)

· Jul 13 / UPLINK - Game Sound Design
Sound Design for MECHWORLD Game [SoundCloud] (Norway)

· May - Present / Game Sound Designer at
Nova Corp [Website] (Norway)
NovaCorp was until recently a modding studio with around 15 years of experience, but now
we're ramping up the bets to create the perfect game from scratch. No more limits on our
creativity and ideas; this is how we can create the ultimate multiplayer gaming experience.”

· Mar 6 / IDFT - DT
Reviewed by Heathen Harvest [Website]

2017

· Oct - Present / Technical Manager / Festival Advisor at
TEM Fest[Website] (Iran)
TEM FEST (Tehran Electronic Music Festival) is a non-governmental organization to
improve and develop electronic music culture
both for people and artists.”

· Sep 25 / IDFT - DT Reviewed by Concrete Web [Website] (Belgium)

· Sep 25 / IDFT - DT on *VA Visions of Darkness (In Iranian Contemporary Music)*, a release by ColdSpring Records [Website] (UK)
A gathering of majestic, heavy, dark ambient, ritual, drone, and noise
music from Iran. Highly original and monolithic, with stunning production,
*Visions of Darkness* stands shoulder to shoulder with the giants of the Dark Ambient scene.

· May 25 / p01ntl355 - Part 1 redistrubute by Syrphe at Colabradio May 2017 [Mixcloud] (Germany)

· May 5 / IDFT - DT redistrubute by Unexplained Sounds Group - *Visions of Darkness in Iranian Contemporary Music* [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Apr 28, 29 / Event Planner for Polish rock band Partyzant at Vahdat Hall [Link] (Iran)

· Apr 27 / Sound Design for Video Art, Shabnam Saadi MFA Media Arts Thesis at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar [Video] (Germany)

· Apr 22 / Havytna - Black World An ambient mix including 4 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Apr 10 / IDFT - 2ml Featured on Horror Music World [YouTube]

· Mar 22 / Havytna - Waterpumps An ambient mix including 9 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Mar 17 / IDFT - KH Single track released by Eighth Tower Records [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Feb 22 / Havytna - Obnoxious An ambient mix including 7 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Feb 20 / IDFT - DT on Unexplained Sounds Group - *The Recognition Test #56* [Mixcloud] (Italy)

· Feb 8 / p01ntl355 - Part 1 and Part 2 on Harsh Noise Movement - *Six Artists From Iran* [Bandcamp] (UK)

· Jan 22 / Havytna - Kangars Bleed An ambient mix including 9 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Jan / Journalist for SET Festival [Website] (Iran)
“Persian interviews as podcasts”

2016

· Dec 22 / Havytna - The Lost Identity An ambient mix including 12 various artists [Mixcloud]

· Dec 8 / IDFT - 2ml redistrubute on Unexplained Sounds 2016 - *The 2nd Annual Recognition Test* [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Nov 24 / Interactive Visual for Erf Yousefi Audio/Visual Performance at Saye Gallery (Iran) [Vimeo]

· Nov 5 / IDFT + Force Ignore Performance at Tehran Independent Theater (Iran)

· Sep 25 / IDFT - R Presented at Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition as *Iran Experimental Underground* [Website] (Iran)

· Mar 6 / IDFT - DT Reviewed by Side-Line [Website] (Belgium)

· Sep 12 / Backend and web design for Collective Expansion installation [Website]

· Sep 8 / Force Ignore Featured project on *Iran Current* by Flux RM Radio [Website]

· Aug 6 / IDFT + Force Ignore Performance at Saye Gallery (Iran)

· Jul 14, 16 / Force Ignore “Zār” feat. Babakool Performance at Da Theater (Iran-Belgium)
Babakool: Kreshik (a Belgium DJ and curator) and Force Ignore (thecimal) decided to
cooperate together for a common music project inspired by musical and audiovisual landscapes from Iran and Belgium.”

· Jul 9 / IDFT - R on *Iran Experimental Underground 016 Survey* [Bandcamp] (Italy)

· Jun 6 / DJ/Visual Artist Performance at Saye Gallery [Mixcloud] (Iran)

· May 28 / IDFT Featured project on *Iran Current* by Flux RM Radio [Website]

· May 26 / IDFT Performance at Saye Gallery (Iran)

· Feb 11 / Video Production Workshop [Link] (Iran)

· Jan 11-16 / Sound Design for DOA, a work by Cassra Goudarz, presented at Aran Gallery (Iran)

2015

· Dec 2 / IDFT on Unexplained Sounds Group - *The Recognition Test #2* [Mixcloud] (Italy)

· Oct 28 / IDFT Release on Petroglyph Label [Website] (Norway)

· Oct 15 / Force Ignore A ritual ambient project [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Oct 7 / Visual Artist for Annika Henderson at Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (Iran-Germany)

· Oct 5 / IDFT Audio-Visual Performance at Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition [Website] [Vimeo] (Iran)

· Oct / Technical Artist and Support Assistant for Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (Iran)

· Jun 19 / NORTH-BAHAAR - 14108-1 Single track with Hasan Hujairi and Cassra Goodarz [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Jun – Oct / Working in a record label Neurite Records as a collaborator

2014

· Dec 20 / P01ntl355 - Part-2 [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Nov 27 / P01ntl355 - Part-1 [SoundCloud] (Iran)

· Nov / Performance with piano and interactive audio accompaniment using Max/MSP
Declined by the Headquarter of Composing due to Independency (University of Art, Tehran)

· Nov / Formed p01ntl355, a noise project [SoundCloud]
“Recording street and public place sound materials and processing them with a portable studio.”

· Jun-Nov / Visual Artist at Iran International Exhibition

· Oct / Working in Nullsight, Technical Support, Sound Engineer, and Media Advisor

· Oct / Technical Artist at Mohsen Art Gallery

· Oct / Technical Support/Sound Engineer for Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition via Nullsight

· Oct 1 / “V” (=Penta), a sound installation presented in Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition [Website]

· Apr / Assistant Teacher of Computer Music, Art University of Tehran

· Mar 17 / IDFT – R [SoundCloud]

· Mar 23 / Sound Design for 1oI – O5 [Vimeo] (Video Art)

· Mar 16 / Sound Design for 1oI – ES13 [Vimeo] (Video Art)

2012-2013

· Sound Design and Concept Artist for 1oI – L2 (Video Art)

· Formed experimental video art platform “1oI Studio
“An independent platform to create and publish creative experimental video arts based in Tehran, Iran.”

· Oct 10, 2012 / IDFT – A-1 [SoundCloud]
“Enchanting sounds carry the audience into the revelatory act of observing the world.”